nytimes.com - 2/4/2009
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It took Tom Daschle’s resignation to shake the president out of his attitude that his charmed circle doesn’t have to abide by the standards he lectured us about for two years. >
article.nationalreview.com - 2/4/2009
cbsnews.com - 2/4/2009
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cbsnews.com —
(CBS) President Obama had hoped to focus today
on his economic stimulus package Tuesday, and he invited
a handful of journalists to the White House to talk about it. But it was all overshadowed by former Sen. Tom Daschle's withdrawing his nomination ...
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Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: ...
blogs.tnr.com - 2/3/2009
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blogs.tnr.com —
Two quick points about Daschle's withdrawal: 1.) My
read of what happened: Daschle was obviously personally close
to Obama--he'd supported Obama early on; stocked his campaign with key lieutenants, lobbied superdelegates on his behalf. All of that ...
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Exit Daschle, Plus Who's Plan B? - The Plank
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Some Hamas in the Hummus, Obama and Alfalfa
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man —
... And I'll even throw in Maureen Dowd because she's mean and evil... Below is part of Barack Obama's speech at the Alfalfa Club Dinner, the one that Sarah blew off her ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... Maureen Dowd: Obama's not perfect. in fact, he's arrogant. And just in time, because I need something different to write about and I hadn't read Thomas Frank (now ...
Letters To The Washingtonians
Jules Crittenden —
[image] « Yankee Ingenuity Letters To The Washingtonians The Gospel According to Kos with an epistle as the Chosen One, verily, might have written it himself to keep his flock from further straying, after Daschle’s regretable Judas-like lack of piety in a matter of 87,000 pieces of silver, or whatever it was. AP Analysis : Great One humbled. Astonishingly mortal. Ambinder: St. Tax Cheat need not have martyred himself. Dowd : Miracle worker’s only human. OK, latest from the Temple. The Messiah overturns the moneylenders’ tables , thunders, “My House shall be called the House of Hope and Change; but ye have ...
Why can't I hear any screaming?
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
... The last couple of graphs of Maureen Dowd's otherwise whiney, snarky, cheap-shot-as-usual column today, she changes gears and raises some really good points: ...
He Said It! Ctd
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... There are two possible reactions to all this. The first is to jump up and down and point out "See! Change my ass!" While I certainly do not discourage such healthy expressions of civic realism, and am as happy as MoDo to see the Obamaites bump down to earth, I'm not sure this is the most revealing thing of the past two weeks. ...
Maureen Dowd Compares Daschle To 9/11
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Dowd does give Obama some credit for owning up to his mistake in nominating Daschle, "unlike W. and Dick Cheney." She doesn't, however, give any hint that she considers the deaths of thousands of people a "disaster" of a different magnitude than picking a nominee who failed to pay some taxes. You can read the whole column (titled "Well, That Certainly Didn't Take Long") here. ...
Stupidity, they name is Maureen Dowd
The Reaction —
... Bushworld as the bubble of darkness it was. Now she just seems shallower than ever, with little of value to add. This was the case during the primaries, when she resembled a gossip columnist more than an op-ed columnist for the leading newspaper in America, if not the world, and it is certainly the case now, training her sights on the new targets in the Obama Administration, starting in the Oval Office itself. Case in point: Her column in today's NYT, which begins thusly: ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long
nytimes.com 2/4/2009 — WASHINGTON On 9/11, President Bush learned of disaster while reading “The Pet Goat” to grade-school kids. On Tuesday, President Obama escaped from disaster by reading “The Moon Over Star” to grade-school kids.“We were just tired of being in the White ...
Op-Ed Columnist: Slumdogs Unite!
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Op-Ed Columnist - Slumdogs Unite!
nytimes.com 2/8/2009 — SOMEDAY historians may look back at Tom Daschle’s flameout as a minor one-car (and chauffeur) accident. But that will depend on whether or not it’s followed by a multi-vehicle pileup that still could come. Even as President Obama refreshingly took ...
Daschle Didn’t Always Have a Driver . . .
blogs.abcnews.com 2/3/2009 — ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: As the Tom Daschle drumbeat continues -- amid the latest revelation of tax woes forcing a different Obama nominee aside -- a Republican friend highlights this old Daschle campaign ad, which appears to be from...
Q & A On Daschle: Who Knew What And Why That Matters
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 2/2/2009 —
Based on interviews with aides and public documents provided to reporters by the finance committee, here's what is known about former Sen. Tom Daschle, his tax liaibilities, and his disclosures to the friendly White House and to the ...
Taking Stock Of The Daschle Charges
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/2/2009 — Tom Daschle's nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services has hit a serious snag, in the wake of a string of revelations mostly related to his payment of taxes on income he received as part of his consulting activities since he left the ...
Tom Daschle's Forgotten Tax Dodge
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com 2/3/2009 — In the current controversy regarding Tom Daschle's failure to report income (and thereby evade the taxes on that income), Daschle has portrayed himself as the most honest person in America, who always intended to pay all the taxes he owes, and who ...
'I made a mistake' on Daschle, Obama says —
CNN.com - Politics 2/4/2009
President Obama joined CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday to discuss the withdrawal of Tom Daschle as health and human services secretary-designate and the state of the U.S. economy. The following are excerpts from the interview.
Obama hit by withdrawal of health nominee Daschle —
Reuters: Politics 2/4/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama's choice to head U.S. healthcare reform withdrew in a flap over personal taxes on Tuesday, prompting the president to admit "I screwed up" and distracting from his drive for a nearly $900 billion economic stimulus ...
Obama: 'I screwed up' on Daschle appointment —
CNN.com - Politics 2/4/2009
President Barack Obama on Tuesday admitted he made a mistake in handling the nomination of Tom Daschle as his Health and Human Services secretary, saying Daschle's tax problems sent a message that the politically powerful are treated differently than ...
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